It’s time for a wild ride.
She walks out onto the stage in front of a crowded theatre audience. She looks healthy and normal. When asked to describe the song she’s about to sing, these words leave her mouth effortlessly: “It’s the story of my last year of life. ”
The song is called *It’s Okay. * She hasn’t sung recently.
She then explains “I have not been working for quite a few years. I’ve been dealing with cancer. Last time I checked I had some cancer in my lungs and my spine and my liver. ”
An audience member asks, “So you’re not okay? ”
“Not in every way, no. It’s important that everyone knows I’m so much more than the bad things that happen to me. ”
“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore, before you decide to be happy. ”
The words of the song spill into the microphone and out through the speakers as creative energy. The song ends. There is complete silence.
Shortly after, there is a loud roar and a standing ovation in a sold-out theatre and in front of millions of Youtube viewers. She walks off the stage and records a short interview. What she says is completely unexpected.
“I have a 2% chance of survival … but 2% is not 0%. 2% is something. And I wish people knew how amazing it is. ”
[At the beginning of the performance](https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=CZJvBfoHDk0) she says the song is the story of her last year of life. She meant that statement *literally*. This is her last year of life as a 30-year-old singer.
She didn’t want to waste any more of her creative genius. Even with the worst news imaginable, she started a Youtube channel and began unleashing her creative genius before her short 30 years on Earth is over.
I sat there with tears in my eyes thinking about this beautiful moment. Creative genius is so important and a lot of us waste it.
It’s time for a wild ride.
She walks out onto the stage in front of a crowded
theatre
audience. She looks healthy and normal. When asked to
describe
the song she’s about to sing, these words
leave
her mouth
effortlessly
: “It’s the story of my last
year
of
life
. ”
The song
is called
*It’s Okay. * She hasn’t sung recently.
She then
explains
“I have not been working for quite a few years. I’ve been dealing with cancer. Last time I
checked
I had
some
cancer in my lungs and my spine and my liver. ”
An audience member asks, “
So
you’re not okay? ”
“Not in every way, no. It’s
important
that everyone knows I’m
so
much more than the
bad
things that happen to me. ”
“You can’t wait until
life
isn’t
hard
anymore,
before
you decide to be happy. ”
The words of the song spill into the microphone and out through the speakers as
creative
energy. The song ends. There is complete silence.
Shortly after, there is a loud roar and a standing ovation in a sold-out
theatre
and in front of millions of
Youtube
viewers. She walks off the stage and records a short interview. What she says is completely unexpected.
“I have a 2% chance of survival …
but
2% is not 0%. 2% is something. And I wish
people
knew how amazing it is. ”
[At the beginning of the performance](
https
: //
www
.
youtube
.
com
/
watch
?
v
=CZJvBfoHDk0) she says the song is the story of her last
year
of
life
. She meant that statement *literall
y*.
This is her last
year
of
life
as a 30-year-
old
singer.
She didn’t want to waste any more of her
creative
genius. Even with the worst news imaginable, she
started
a
Youtube
channel and began unleashing her
creative
genius
before
her short 30 years on Earth is over.
I sat there with tears in my eyes thinking about this
beautiful
moment.
Creative
genius is
so
important
and
a lot of
us waste it.